sambuca
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[ sam-byoo-kuh ]
/ sæmˈbyu kə /
noun
Also sam·buke
[sam-byook] /ˈsæm byuk/.
an ancient stringed musical instrument used in Greece and the Near East.
a medieval hurdy-gurdy.
Origin of sambuca
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1350–1400; Middle English
sambuke < Latin
sambūca < Greek
sambȳ́kē perhaps < Semitic; compare Aramaic
sabbəkhā
Words nearby sambuca
samba,
sambal,
sambar,
sambo,
sambre,
sambuca,
same,
same difference,
same here,
same old story, the,
same to you
Definition for sambuca (2 of 2)
sambuca
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[ sam-boo-kuh; Italian sahm-boo-kah ]
/ sæmˈbu kə; Italian sɑmˈbu kɑ /
noun
a licorice-flavored Italian liqueur made from elderberries.
Origin of sambuca
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1970–75; < Italian, feminine derivative of
sambuco elder < Latin
sa(m)būcus
Example sentences from the Web for sambuca
A man with a table, Sambuca and Acqua-vita bottles on it, and wee glasses, one cent a drink: melodrama.
The sambuca seems to have been a large harp, which rested on the ground, like the harps of the Egyptians.
Among them are the Psaltery of various shapes, the Sambuca or sackbut, the single and double Chorus, &c.
Scenes and Characters of the Middle Ages |Edward Lewes Cutts